New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-02
NEW YEARS CAME WITH RAIN
DIsAGREEABLE DAY IN THE CITY.

MURRAY HILL LOOKED DEsERrED-rrOw TIE HoLr-
DAY WAS CELEBRATED
NcwYcars Day as the Signal Service olcers had pre-
dicted met the fate OF Barthod Day. Thanksgiving Day.
and nearly all the holidays remember coming In
with great huabaloo of bells and tin horns and steam
whistles. but in a binding pour of rain. The heavy
Clouds from the southwestern Storm seemed to hold off,
In fact till the chimes old Trnitys steepe began to
ring and then II Jared by the hubbub below DIS
charged themselves In sudden peting burst OF big rain
drops beating pessy the late revellcrs bent on see
ing the old uproariolsly out March slower
fe all through the early morning turning the frozen
sush ana slippery OF the houscstoOps ami side
walks inro soft sheets Of mud and water across
which the bclated posmnn splashed and
padded with hts Ncw-Ycars cards Nearly
inch Of water had fallen since Thursday morning and
the day broke uptown stiIl wet and dripping.
picture Of melancholy AMI discomfort out
ofdoors ft to give a coachmaD. in his yell
low HANGOVER waterproof. tho most dismal
Of blues. Christmas. with its Indian summer sunshine
and bare streets and fields. hal enough rainy
march day for the First Of January the climax OF this
ridcuously green Christmas season.
Bye and bye. however, the southern sky began to
brighten the clorls ran thinner and the air
and more bamy. Tho mercury above tho freezing
point and the hundreds Of pedestrians who had
started out TO make tie rounds of the big IN
town hotels with heavy coats and muacrs and thick
galoshcs. felt themselves hurened and faticei The
sidewalks dried urd thc slowly brcFkng snrshin AMI
by O'Clock In the afternoon the heavy lowering ky had
parted and the brisk northwest wind left the heavens
BRIGHT and clear. cold wave from Dakota ard Lake
Superior had IN and under H. pressure The clouds sill
hanging TO tho South ana East scried away the sun
setting IN brilliant glow which promised fair crisp
weather for thc first half week Of the new year
Nothing could have been dullcr OF course than New
Years Day morning with its rain md slnsh and mud.
Scarcely promcnader stirring except on
os1r.nr rtnVn -four 4
oscillated between half dozen " tho
wcllknown hotels Fifth Avenue Gcai as IN the
height Of midsummer. except that Christmas wreath or
two hung IN tho windows Of tho honseS and The
he carved doors not boarded mp No card baskets
were TO he seem no lingering along the sidewalks
portly servants I'm livery standing in the half
open Railways TO take the New Years
cards The hulk n the Murray ITill people
ont OF town Of and thc rcsi might well
have been for all the signs Of life New Years cheer
that the Great blank windows aud massive tehtcloacd
doors riding by in stage carriage over In
and some men, who may not have brcn callers
walked from stoop carriage along the sidewalks
under umbrellas looking forornly wrctchcd like all the
frees and houses and dripping corniccs about them
ON the East side. whore any holiday is gratefully rc
cciveA thcrc more haritv and morn general pur
silt Of pleasure Tie beer shops still wcqring their 10
dragclcd Christmas gaIands. and the housewives ana
Young women keeping omen hnise. Among tle p"lti
those who did not meet another ~ thc Holman
House Gilscv House. dricd together tnall" In ~"
poltir- The war worker plo-og ideally SAYS and 80
f. was 70 nh aupcaran"c, yeSicr,.v ..n o,,
knows !. the tour Of The rce hotels, snT,S The dr"r
lunches . and ihe &c ant gallcfrs ftcrS hy nHrr'"m
carved turkey honca turlc,. sllals. and pickles for
All comc.p AMI no oI.o knows u New Year, Day View
york who has rot made the round ~ ~ 80 crowded
drinking places. The HOFFMAN, House. the cole
,'on W,rsr fine CTscv House Tho Hotel Ernn-wi.k
Ill within STONES throw ~
another The Windr Hotel the Morton House. aud ohcrS
,hat one forccfs after tho how'll cring ioniuef
narkcd ana iammci yesterday from 10 tii alu o.
sunset. Luncheon Crvcd ~ o'l"ck aud from that
on tine ran WAS incc 's.nt. Tho Hoffman H'i-c a.
usual hal The most elaborate "sprcud" the big room
thai Mir STOKES has dccorlcd ~ such cot being hung
inn'hcon table loaici down with Towers ava
set ngnrcs and appei nr GOOD hns' f'' INC Vi,'n
the Coleman The Stuycyan anl lhc ONE N'ir llch III
meats and salads anil most ~ "a" KAY '"unr zen "i"
made the rinds found Il hard ar's"a"i a. d., 'imn,
c"lail. which with ln,I,nin Entertainments had boon
icfoc he theatres had Opened Tor i't n"c' a, arc,
,hcy had co.c1. was on" mass Of wandc'ne oth'na,"d
pleasure seekers thr ony ~ ~ fc nnd gay'} ~ iS
Tie streets. bath uptown and downtown wore sea ~
street Cleaning Department '0 - mel, AMI c'" o'nic
and vanish rs best u c"nh !hcir 10. 40
.,nooiily enough along the wet slippery fni, Tic
elevated rprd~. too. ran on hci'et time in on tdN,
"wh n'.' r g. IA. ,,,lit. o,,.r,ilr ibe ou In
r,l r,souiion mrd, apparently that 81 COOL t'nc
tr .',r,h,iy ard he Chr,tua- hoiiay prop,s v,rc
blown cat Last night iu The spirit ~ de'lmaj ta'rJhe'r
The dinners ana roins- at tho charitable Institutions
OF thi- 'N "n tmn, '-ltns aN ,,' VI t' yer, "
iusutuft,r. without being marked 10y dinner 1r ass
.,,.ri,J OIL 'r,rico Aront 200 OF tie l-,,-
NJ the tn. side Lo,Iaug-Iiol,c. Last Broad ~
aud -, enjoyed dinner Ia ihc evening Al
Central Park not pleasant place TO vI. yc'irr
DAY The roadway ami avenue. we're ncdtN al covered
% wta S''s and sor' Therr w., moi tSoash snow
>eiciug and too IGuc, FOR driving There we've fow
people in the ark some extra w"'kncn wcic employed
in clearing PATHWAYS Tot pcic,ria- and others ~ s
moving the show nom The Ice on the lakc+
The .kat.nc That 90 many hat looked forward Ia
Was spnici There II good slria"c "i ire however,
nearly SIX inchc. ,hick. VITA moderately cold weather it
will he IN condition FOR kailnc again TO dag aud viii last
the remainder Of the winier
Tine nai carriers hot - he made hi- way through te
sush, cnviahc one but The burden which ne
carried lighter than usual "n Sew Years morning.
Comparatively few visiting cs''s we're sra ',oSn
TPrr"rns,r to TIE "'' bsSi.o%e @ esris slipped
from envelopes and were detained AZ the office of
sr crinendcnt Jones IN The Post Once b'd'ns Only
closed az 40 o'clock except for the transaction OF
New ears lay than thcy did yestcuiay. There was
scarcely any calling ana arc'hcr u was haii hn"N.
he usual New Years reception was held al the Mayors
Office and attended 10y mpSt ut the city oil ana
a dcIrraon OF about MY members from the .,ciciy
Oh Iirookl, mites. Mr.. Whitney began 10 receive his
. isiIors apout 10 o'clock, ana from thti hour
until noon was kept busy shaking hands. Ills callers
Included Comfy Il~a4urcr Adams. city Auditor Thomas
H. ,{utan 1orlncrs Lindsey and i.ooncy, Cty Works
Commissioner Conner, Health Commissioner Otcrson.
Police superintendent Campbell. Postmaster Hendrix,
sheriff Farley, william Hardness oi III Board OF iu
cation, Justices Walsh and Courtney Charities ,"hni'-
sinucts HyHcs, Fay and toti, aud host o dnluilc,
ana clerks Among the old Br"Okly mites we're j. 4.
loDIhrcs Thomas On. FRANK Mhie cH or lhhl'I,
lrn Frost. 1aX(ollecior H. II. -. iiardcnpuigh ana
Charles Frost. 80 Ioss" Mclaughlin Was also calirl.
All the other officials held receptions their offices.
Mr. Eutau e'e Sir. \ccgc Ia the cry Audinishp,
{ CONTROLLER Livingston relieved MI IIIHkcihoi AID
Coroner Rooney took the Office ~ Nj. Memiingcr
Mr. Becchcr has given mp holding New Years rcrri-
TONS Mi Ianhgr still acclN NJ the practice HIS
house North On out-St crowded win his Hlrad'
nll Yesterday Afternoon and tho Tabernacle pastor
seemed 10 ENJOY the Jay heartily.
THEATRICAL MANAGERS WELL PLEASED.
The weather yesterday afternoon seemed to ply
into IN. hands OF the theatrical managers. The sudden